Vol. 9, No. 86 Biden budget request for Uranium Processing Facility is a start, House approps cardinal says
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Reactor Licensing & Regulation
NRC may finish review of GTCC rule changes this year, chair hopes
WASHINGTON — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission could approve changes to rules governing disposal of Greater-Than-Class-C waste by the end of the year, the head of the agency said here Wednesday. As for exactly when the commission will act, “I’m not sure,”… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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National Laboratories
Export-minded agency to host October civil-nuclear workshop at Oak Ridge
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Trade and Development Agency planned to host a technical workshop with delegations from “Europe and Eurasia” at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the second week of October, an official said here Wednesday. At the workshop, the delegations… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in […]
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Cleanup & Remediation
DNFSB seeks briefing on Savannah River representative program fixes
At a time of much Department of Energy turnover at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, a government safety watchdog says DOE relies too heavily on staff expertise. As a result, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) Chair Joyce Connery wants a report… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must […]
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Delivery Systems & Nuclear Triad
Air Force’s Sentinel Program Director Dismissed
Editor’s note: the story first appeared in Weapons Complex Monitor affiliate publication Defense Daily. On June 24, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. John Newberry, the head of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Kirtland AFB, N.M., dismissed Air Force Col. Charles… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged […]
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Transuranic Waste
Builder could pass keys to new WIPP ventilation project to Salado in August
The construction subcontractor could formally transfer possession of the new underground ventilation system at the Department of Energy’s transuranic waste disposal site in New Mexico to the Bechtel-led prime contractor by the end of August, according to a government… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Morning Briefing! You must be logged in as a […]